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Airfix 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant MK.I, 264 SQN RAF, 1940

by Kent Strickland on May 26, 2016 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

May I present my rendition of Airfix's recent release of the 1/48 scale BP Defiant. Finished in one of the kit schemes of an aircraft from 264 SQN, RAF in Suffolk, 1940. The level of detail OOB is excellent and provides a great start if [...]

1/72 Hobby Boss Mi 4 Hound (White 03)

by Phil Steele on May 25, 2016 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

Finally got this finished, and she's a fairly long model, even in 1/72 scale. This is the second Hobby Boss chopper I've built, and I was a bit disappointed with the kit. The fit of the parts wasn't bad, but detail painting was absent in [...]

Show & Tell – Lynchburg Air Show, part 2

by Ralph Clements on May 24, 2016 · in Show Reports · 9 ≡

Here are a few more photos from my Saturday adventure. more of the C-46,"The Tinker Belle" that a couple of readers said they liked (me too!) and others. Thanks

Tyrrell P34 1976, Jody Scheckter.

by Allan J Withers on May 24, 2016 · in Automotive · 26 ≡

My second 1/20 Tamiya, I modified the small cockpit windows and a few other small things, finished in Tamiya X4 and MM enamels with Future over the decals. Jody Scheckter joined Tyrrell in 1974 and retired at the end of 1980, his world [...]

Jerry Rutman 1/32 all-resin Ta-152C-1.

by Tom Cleaver on May 23, 2016 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

For Those Who Like Their History Straight... The Ta‑152C was the airplane Kurt Tank was thinking of when he told the pilots of III/JG54 that the Fw‑190D‑9 they had just converted onto in September 1944 was "an interim [...]

Mosquito Mk XVIII and VI. Tamiya 1/72 Scale.

by Roberto Colaianni on May 23, 2016 · in Aviation · 25 ≡

This project came to life almost by chance, started in autum 2014, when my friend Pierluigi's brother, has decided to commission me a Mosquito 1/72, as a gift for his birthday. Mosquito Tamiya Mk. VI fighter with hard nose and Eduard PE [...]

68 Roadrunner

by Bruce Lewerenz on May 23, 2016 · in Automotive · 9 ≡

This is an AMT 1968 Roadrunner kit. To get the stance I was looking for I had to lower the front and raise the rear axle. The paint is MM Nassau Blue lacquer with two coats of Future. The wheels are from an AMT 69 Barracuda and the tires [...]

Kraków Model Fest 2016 (Festiwal Modelarski – Kraków 2016), Poland, June 11-12

by Dmitry Stropalov on May 23, 2016 · in News · 5 ≡

On 11th and 12th June 2016, in Kraków, Poland, Kraków Model Festival will take place. It will be hosted by the Kraków Polish Aviation Museum which has been scored as eighth world's best aviation museum by CNN television. Both plastic [...]

Show & Tell – Lynchburg Air Show

by Ralph Clements on May 22, 2016 · in Show Reports · 7 ≡

Mostly show, not tell - but I will say I never went to an air show before yesterday. Weather was questionable but worked out. I don't use the word 'awesome' much, but will say the Blue Angels fit that description. Also first I ever saw a [...]

Grandpa's Tomcat >Burgess Dune AH-7

by René Hieronymus on May 22, 2016 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

These machines were used by the US Navy during the early years before WWI. The strange looking aircraft was a pretty interesting design for it’s time, it even could have been called a flying wing, cause there was no tail at all. Another [...]